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i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> eight days after his re-election, president obama faced reporters in the midst of an unfolding scandal and with a potential economic crisis holding over his head. but he only got riled up when he responded to republican criticism of his united nations ambassador susan rice. more on that coming up. standby. but first, the president's careful responses about the investigation of this former cia chief david petraeus and on negotiations to avoid what's called the fiscal cliff. our white house correspondent jessica yellin was over at the east strip of the white house. you had a chance to speak to the president and ask him about that looming fiscal cliff. >> reporter: hi, wolf. that's right, i did. i asked the president why anyone should believe that he won't cave off of his position that he will not extend bush tax cuts for the wealthiest since he did just that in 2010. he said that he made his case explicitly clear during the last election. and that the
i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> eight days after his re-election, president obama faced reporters in the midst of an unfolding scandal and with a potential economic crisis holding over his head. but he only got riled up when he responded to republican criticism of his united nations ambassador susan rice. more on that coming up. standby. but first, the president's careful responses about the investigation of this former cia chief david petraeus and on...
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. >>> it is time for "the situation room" and wolf blitzer. wolf? >> ted, thanks very much. happening now. another top commander in a widening scandal swirling around general david petraeus. john allen is now the subject of a pentagon investigation. it centers around hundreds, possibly thousands of e-mails sent to this woman. details of where she fits into an increasingly tangled web of relationships. i'll talk about all of this with the chair of the senate intelligence committee. dianne feinstein says it is like something off the front page of a tab roid mloid magazine and s demanding answers. i'm wolf blitzer and you're in "the situation room." >>> we begin with stunning twists in the scandal that brought down the head of the cia, general david petraeus. another u.s. general is caught in the same tangled web. john allen, top commander in afghanistan, is being investigated by the pentagon for allegedly sending inappropriate e-mails to a married woman, the same woman whose complaint of threatening e-mails from general petraeus' lover cracked the scandal wide open. barbara st
. >>> it is time for "the situation room" and wolf blitzer. wolf? >> ted, thanks very much. happening now. another top commander in a widening scandal swirling around general david petraeus. john allen is now the subject of a pentagon investigation. it centers around hundreds, possibly thousands of e-mails sent to this woman. details of where she fits into an increasingly tangled web of relationships. i'll talk about all of this with the chair of the senate intelligence...
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i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> intriguing new twists and turns in the scandal that's gripping washington, indeed the nation and much of the world. the affair that led general dividend petraeus to resign as director of the central intelligence agency. we're finding out that at least one lawmaker here in washington may have learned of it ahead of the president and there are questions about the investigation that led to petraeus' stunning downfall. brian todd's been working the story for us and getting new information. brian, tell our viewers what's the latest? >> we found out that the house majority leader, republican congressman eric cantor, may have found out almost two weeks before the president did. this and other time lines we're following on the investigation have led to genuine anger over why the ite house and other top congressional leaders weren't told sooner. a time line cnn has put together shows the republican house majority leader may have known about former cia direct
i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> intriguing new twists and turns in the scandal that's gripping washington, indeed the nation and much of the world. the affair that led general dividend petraeus to resign as director of the central intelligence agency. we're finding out that at least one lawmaker here in washington may have learned of it ahead of the president and there are questions about the investigation that led to petraeus' stunning downfall. brian...
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i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> only 33 days to election and an entirely new dynamic in the battle between president obama and mitt romney. the republican nominee is widely seen as the winner of last night's debate while even the president's strongest supporters now concede he was not at the top of his game. and now the president is back out there on the campaign trail. he's getting ready to speak at a rally over at the university of wisconsin in madison. we're going to be hearing from him live this hour. but first, listen to what he said about mitt romney at a rally earlier today before he left denver. >> when i got on to the stage, i met this very spirited fellow who claimed to be mitt romney. [ laughter ] but it couldn't have been mitt romney because the real mitt romney has been running around the country for the last year promising $5 trillion in tax cuts that favor the wealthy. the fellow on stage last night said he didn't know anything about that. the real mitt romney said
i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> only 33 days to election and an entirely new dynamic in the battle between president obama and mitt romney. the republican nominee is widely seen as the winner of last night's debate while even the president's strongest supporters now concede he was not at the top of his game. and now the president is back out there on the campaign trail. he's getting ready to speak at a rally over at the university of wisconsin in...
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wolf blitzer, thank you. do appreciate it. i like to give a plug to your show. tune in at 4:00 p.m. eastern today, "the situation room," only on cnn. thank you, wolf. >> thank you. >>> i have some stuff i want to bring to light. we have a couple more nuggets coming to light in the david petraeus scandal. a friend of the suddenly disgraced cia chief and former four-star general says that general petraeus never gave paula broadwell classified information and has not had affairs with any other women. and i will suggest, once again, even though the local newspaper suggests that indeed there's another person who happens to be a woman, separately this friend, who has spoke ton to general petraeus throughout the weekend, quote, is he taking this hard. he sees this as a failure and this is a man who has never failed at anything, end quote. i also want to play for you a piece of an interview that we were mining this morning that paula broadwell gave to the, site examiner.com because she was out on the book circuit promoting her bestselling biography of david petraeus. listen to the words tha
wolf blitzer, thank you. do appreciate it. i like to give a plug to your show. tune in at 4:00 p.m. eastern today, "the situation room," only on cnn. thank you, wolf. >> thank you. >>> i have some stuff i want to bring to light. we have a couple more nuggets coming to light in the david petraeus scandal. a friend of the suddenly disgraced cia chief and former four-star general says that general petraeus never gave paula broadwell classified information and has not had...
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i'm wolf blitzer in "the situation room." the news continues next on cnn. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> hello, everyone. i'm don lemon. we're tracking new details this hour about the surprise resignation of cia director david we tray yoos because of an extramarital affair. at fair came to light because of an e-mail investigation sparked by a complaint of harassing e-mails allegedly sent by petrae petraeus' biographer. full update on cnn. >>> the director-general of britain's television network the bbc is quitting. george entwhistle took responsibility for a program that wrong wrongly implicated a politician in a sex abuse case. >>> we finally have a winner in florida. cnn projects president obama won the sunshine state and its 29 electoral votes, based on updated vote totals provided just before today's noon deadline. the victory increases president obama's electoral vote total to 332. mitt romney got 206 electoral votes. 270 are needed to win the white house. >>> turning to the recovery from superstorm sandy, nea
i'm wolf blitzer in "the situation room." the news continues next on cnn. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> hello, everyone. i'm don lemon. we're tracking new details this hour about the surprise resignation of cia director david we tray yoos because of an extramarital affair. at fair came to light because of an e-mail investigation sparked by a complaint of harassing e-mails allegedly sent by petrae petraeus' biographer. full update on cnn. >>> the...
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the former president sits down one-on-one with wolf blitzer and wolf will join me live in a few minutes. >>> pollution is threatening to kill the chesapeake bay watershed and at stake is the livelihood of thousands of species of wildlife already affected. it has been a problem for years. the government is enforcing a cleanup policy and some counties there are refusing the plan. athena jones explains. >> the chesapeake bay, the largestest wear in north america fed by 100,000 creeks, streams and rivers. it is home to more than 3,700 species of plants and animals including crabs and oysters and it is in trouble. conservationists say plugs from farms, wastewater treatment facilities, stormwater run off and power plants in the 64,000 square mile water sh he had that includes parts of six states and the nation's capital is slowly killing the bay. >> what happens is too much pollution causes an explosion of algae. when the algae die they decompose and use up oxygen in the water. when you have no dissolved objection yen you have dead zones and dead zones kill fish and oysters and kill crabs. >>
the former president sits down one-on-one with wolf blitzer and wolf will join me live in a few minutes. >>> pollution is threatening to kill the chesapeake bay watershed and at stake is the livelihood of thousands of species of wildlife already affected. it has been a problem for years. the government is enforcing a cleanup policy and some counties there are refusing the plan. athena jones explains. >> the chesapeake bay, the largestest wear in north america fed by 100,000...
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. >> you're a good man, wolf blitzer. >> thank you. we'll be right back. there are patients who will question, why does my mouth feel dryer than i remember it to be? there are more people taking more medication, so we see people suffering from dry mouth more so. we may see more cavities, bad breath, oral irritation. a dry mouth sufferer doesn't have to suffer. i would recommend biotene. the enzymes in biotene products help supplement enzymes that are naturally in saliva. biotene helps moisten those areas that have become dry. those that are suffering can certainly benefit from biotene. to provide a better benefits package... oahhh! [ male announcer ] it made a big splash with the employees. [ duck yelling ] [ male announcer ] find out more at... [ duck ] aflac! [ male announcer ] ...forbusiness.com. ♪ ha ha!
. >> you're a good man, wolf blitzer. >> thank you. we'll be right back. there are patients who will question, why does my mouth feel dryer than i remember it to be? there are more people taking more medication, so we see people suffering from dry mouth more so. we may see more cavities, bad breath, oral irritation. a dry mouth sufferer doesn't have to suffer. i would recommend biotene. the enzymes in biotene products help supplement enzymes that are naturally in saliva. biotene...
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. >>> i'm wolf blitzer in washington. also want to welcome our international viewers, our viewers in the united states and around the world. a scandal that's brought down the head of the cia, a looming financial crisis, and a lingerring question about the deadly attack on the u.s. diplomatic mission in benghazi, libya. president obama expected to face questions about all of that and more this hour when he meets with reporters over at the white house. he is scheduled to step up to the podium in about 30 minutes. you'll see all of it live right here on cnn. we're bringing you special live coverage leading up to the president's news conference. i'm joined by our colleague suzanne malveaux. she's at the cnn center in atlanta. also, our panel here many washington. our chief political analyst gloria borger, donna brazil, and our national security contributor fran townsend, also a member of the cia's external advisory board. we also have our chief business correspondent ali velshi standing by in new york. our senior who will be
. >>> i'm wolf blitzer in washington. also want to welcome our international viewers, our viewers in the united states and around the world. a scandal that's brought down the head of the cia, a looming financial crisis, and a lingerring question about the deadly attack on the u.s. diplomatic mission in benghazi, libya. president obama expected to face questions about all of that and more this hour when he meets with reporters over at the white house. he is scheduled to step up to the...
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[cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: it was a great moment on cnn yesterday, an exchange between wolf blitzer and jack cafferty. cafferty is like the cranky old guy on the muppet show. he was in fine form yesterday when there was a situation in "the situation room." >> now to another brutal attack. stand by we'll have much more on this coming up right after this. >> jack cafferty is back. unfortunately we got some confusing signals from the control room. not unusual in live television. >> highly unusual. i've been doing this show for seven years, and this has happened maybe once before. it's very unusual. and it doesn't look are very nice either. we're supposed to be more professional. >> i got confused, but now we got jack. so go ahead. >> sure. dump it in my lap when things go wrong. what's wrong with you? [cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: interesting new poll. they do these opinion polls almost every day. this one is from "the washington post" and abc news. 64% of voters prescribe president obama as friendly as likeable whereas only 26% said the same thing about mitt romney. obama scored hi
[cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: it was a great moment on cnn yesterday, an exchange between wolf blitzer and jack cafferty. cafferty is like the cranky old guy on the muppet show. he was in fine form yesterday when there was a situation in "the situation room." >> now to another brutal attack. stand by we'll have much more on this coming up right after this. >> jack cafferty is back. unfortunately we got some confusing signals from the control room. not unusual in...
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i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> dramatic new developments today in the cruise ship disaster off the coast of italy after blasting holes in the capsized "costa philosopconcord" the massive liner hits rocks and ripped open the hull friday night. it shows the dramatic escape as people clamor off the sinks vessel. the ship's captain is under house arrest, and he may face charges of manslaughter and abandoning ship. now a stunning -- the transcript between outrages authorities on shore and the captain. matthew chance is faults this unfold. what's the latest, matthew? >> reporter: these transcripts and recordings that have emerged of astonishing. they show conversations that were taking place between the captain of the "costa concordia." his name is francesco scampino. the coast guard asking about the situation. he sounds confused. then emerges much to the astonishment of is the coast guard that the captain has abandoned the ship, while hundreds of passengers are still on board, some bo
i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> dramatic new developments today in the cruise ship disaster off the coast of italy after blasting holes in the capsized "costa philosopconcord" the massive liner hits rocks and ripped open the hull friday night. it shows the dramatic escape as people clamor off the sinks vessel. the ship's captain is under house arrest, and he may face charges of manslaughter and abandoning ship. now a stunning -- the transcript...
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i'm wolf blitzer. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room". -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com this is decision day in iowa. just four hours from now, republicans will gather in caucuses across the state and cast the first votes in the 2012 campaign. the candidates have spent months of the trial paving the way with millions in campaign cash. much of that money has gone towards a barrage of negative advertising. now, in a final flurry of appearances, the rhetoric has reached a new peak or maybe a new low. >> you said mitt romney, somebody who will lie to you to get to be president will lie to you when they are president. i have to ask you, are you calling mitt romney a liar? >> yes. >> you're calling mitt romney a liar? >> you seem shocked by it. yes. >> why are you saying he's a liar? >> this is a man who's staff created the pack. his millionaire friends fund the pack. he pretends he has nothing to do with the pack. it's balogna. it's like his pretense that he's a conservative. >> wow. let's go live to our ch
i'm wolf blitzer. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room". -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com this is decision day in iowa. just four hours from now, republicans will gather in caucuses across the state and cast the first votes in the 2012 campaign. the candidates have spent months of the trial paving the way with millions in campaign cash. much of that money has gone towards a barrage of negative advertising. now, in a final flurry of appearances, the rhetoric has reached...
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wolf blitzer will be back on monday. we'll see you back here at 6:00 eastern tomorrow. erin burnett "outfront" starts right now. >>> "outfront" next, protest erupt in egypt. thousands demonstrating against a controversial grab for power by mohammed morsi. many saying he's acting like a modern day pharaoh. a big republican turns his back on the grover norquist tax pledge. is the gop preparing to give in to the president? is and thousands of people packing into stores today. watch your wallet. we'll tell you how the shopping season is really adding up. season is really adding up. let's go "outfront." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> good evening. i'm tom foreman. egypt erupts. thousands of angry egyptians have been protesting in opposition to a controversial power grabby egypt's president. at least 80 people have been injured and one killed in clashes with police who fired tear gas into the crowds. the unrest began after he issued a series of orders which allow him to run the country unchecked until a new constitution is written. morsi says his actions are mept t
wolf blitzer will be back on monday. we'll see you back here at 6:00 eastern tomorrow. erin burnett "outfront" starts right now. >>> "outfront" next, protest erupt in egypt. thousands demonstrating against a controversial grab for power by mohammed morsi. many saying he's acting like a modern day pharaoh. a big republican turns his back on the grover norquist tax pledge. is the gop preparing to give in to the president? is and thousands of people packing into stores...
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wolf blitzer is off. i'm jessica yellin, you're in "the situation room." >> the body of legendary pop icon whitney houston back in new jersey this hour, where plans are under convey. calling her an important part of the state's cultural fabric, and who belongs in the category of a frank sinatra. also confirmation that it was whitney houston's assistant mary jones who first discovered her body. it was a woman she knew simply as aunt mary. let's go to jason carroll, who's standing by outside the funeral -- outside the church, and i understand you visited the church for the first time earlier, and you spoke with whitney houston's pastor? >> you know, jessica, he spoke so much about how much love there is in the community for whitney houston. you can see evidence behind me, all the cards, the balloon, the flowers outside the church. as we've been standing here, cars have been rolling by, they play gospel music. pastor carter talked about how much whitney houston loved gospel, very close to her heart. there's
wolf blitzer is off. i'm jessica yellin, you're in "the situation room." >> the body of legendary pop icon whitney houston back in new jersey this hour, where plans are under convey. calling her an important part of the state's cultural fabric, and who belongs in the category of a frank sinatra. also confirmation that it was whitney houston's assistant mary jones who first discovered her body. it was a woman she knew simply as aunt mary. let's go to jason carroll, who's standing...
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. >>> i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> we're in mesa, arizona, tonight's cnn arizona republican presidential debate. it's been about a among since they last faced off and since then even more upheaval. rick santorum is now the surging candidates and the one for mitt romney to beat tonight. both men we are campaigning down to the wire and may have given each other press ammunition. he's here with us, going through the details. what's the latest? >> for the top two candidates, the devil is in the debails. two potential flash points. tonight mitt romney's new tax plan and rick santorum's faith-based brand of politics. he made what could be a risky move, a plan that could come under fire. >> i'm going to lower rates across the board for all americans by 20%. it will last -- setting the top bracket for the wealthier earners at 28%, and cut the corporate tax rate to 25%, lower than the 28% proposed by the president, but higher than his gop rivals. romney would offset some of those cuts by limi
. >>> i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> we're in mesa, arizona, tonight's cnn arizona republican presidential debate. it's been about a among since they last faced off and since then even more upheaval. rick santorum is now the surging candidates and the one for mitt romney to beat tonight. both men we are campaigning down to the wire and may have given each other press ammunition. he's here with us, going through the details. what's the latest?...
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wolf blitzer. "the situation room" starts right flow. >>> brooke, thanks very much. happens now on this the eve of the arizona republican presidential debate, brand-new poll numbers just out that show -- guess what -- a very, very tight contest in this critical primary state. also satan at war with america? some old and controversial remarking are now coming back to haunt rick santorum. >>> plus president obama's vow to the middle class and his message to congress. does he really expect republicans to take up his agenda? we'll go inside his strategy. i'm wolf blitzer in mesa, arizona, you're in "the situation room." this just coming in. on the eve of the new nuclear weapons showing that just how tight the race is. take a look 32% say rick san storm, but with the sampling eras that's constituentically a tie. ron paul coming in at 6%, let's go in depth right now with our chief political analyst gloria borger and depend can i washington bureau chief michael crowley. gloria, first you. arizona we all thought was supposed to be relatively easy for mitt rom in, but this a
wolf blitzer. "the situation room" starts right flow. >>> brooke, thanks very much. happens now on this the eve of the arizona republican presidential debate, brand-new poll numbers just out that show -- guess what -- a very, very tight contest in this critical primary state. also satan at war with america? some old and controversial remarking are now coming back to haunt rick santorum. >>> plus president obama's vow to the middle class and his message to congress....
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i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> anyone cheering president obama's new stance on same-sex marriage has vice president joe biden to thank. the president himself is now confirming what many had suspected that the vice president forced the president's hand when biden announced his support for gay marriage over the weekend and now we're hearing that's a sore subject at least among some white house insiders. our chief white house correspondent jessica yellin is working the story for us. what are you hearing over there, jessica? >> reporter: wolf, there are times when a president is more forgiving than his aides and this may be one of those times. some of the president's top aides are deeply annoyed. they acknowledge the president was going to come out and speak out in favor of same-sex marriage before the democratic convention, but boy, are they frustrated that vice president biden made it happen sooner than they wanted. he was planning to say this
i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> anyone cheering president obama's new stance on same-sex marriage has vice president joe biden to thank. the president himself is now confirming what many had suspected that the vice president forced the president's hand when biden announced his support for gay marriage over the weekend and now we're hearing that's a sore subject at least among some white house insiders. our chief...
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i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> up first this hour, a cnn exclusive. officials in the region opening up about the terror threat and how it could spread. i'll speak about that with the former secretary of state colin powell. we'll talk in just a few moments, but right now here's our pentagon correspondent, barbara starr. she's reporting from jordan. >> this is the latest jihadist video from syria. it has all of the hallmarks of al qaeda and includes bomb attacks and a nighttime raid against military outposts. a senior jordanian official tells cnn that there are nearly 1500 al qaeda members and sympathizers now in syria. many have entered the country from iraq and lebanon over the past five months and are part of a growing campaign of bombings and ambushes against syrian intelligence and military targets. in the jordanian capital there is growing worry. >> jordan is very stable. >> reporter: in an exclusive interview with cnn while visiting jord
i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> up first this hour, a cnn exclusive. officials in the region opening up about the terror threat and how it could spread. i'll speak about that with the former secretary of state colin powell. we'll talk in just a few moments, but right now here's our pentagon correspondent, barbara starr. she's reporting from jordan. >> this is the latest jihadist video from syria. it has all of...
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i'm wolf blitzer, and you're in i'm wolf blitzer, and you're in "the situation room." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> this just coming in to "the situation room." we are live here in brussels, belgium. i'll have the exclusive joint interview tomorrow with the secretary of state hillary clinton and the defense secretary leon panetta tomorrow from nato headquarters right outside brussels. lots to discuss including the situation in afghanistan. certainly a crisis right now and what's going on with iran and its nuclear program north korea and a lot to discuss with the secretary of state and secretary of defense. i just got in to brussels and flew in with the secretary of defense just a little while ago, but right now we want to get to politics. we have a brand new cnn poll that's just coming out and it sheds new light on the presidential race. look at this. 56% have a favorable opinion of president obama. that's what they think of him as a person and not necessarily his performance as president of the united states. 42% have an unfavorable view. 44% view mitt romney favorably.
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wolf blitzer, let me start with you. this is something that a lot of critics have said is a subject changer because we had real bad jobs news on friday and that just -- it riveted people throughout the weekend. is this an effort to change the narrative? >> it may be, in part, because the white house clearly believes this is a winning political issue for the president. he is going to make the point that for 98% of the american people, there will be no increase in their taxes. individuals making $200,000 or less a year. families making $250,000 or less, they will see no increase whatsoever. if nothing is done, everyone's taxes go up starting january 1st 2013, that's the so-called fiscal cliff. for 2% making more than that, they will go back to the tax rates that occurred during the clinton administration before the bush tax rates went into effect, 2001 and 2003. they will go back up to 39.6% from 35 or 36% right now. so, he will say these people can afford it. they will pay a little bit more. but it's not going to necessar
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wolf blitzer just talked to king abdullah from jordan, and we will get the reaction of what is happen ing happening in the civil war across his borders. >>> and also at this hour london scrambling to figure out the security for the olympics but weather may be the big story. we are seeing torrential rain and worse than in 100 years. >>> and plus sitting on a couch could be as bad as smoking. lack of exercise could be killing you. some countries are fighting back. one big city has a traffic-free street on sunday. and we will tell you where that is. i've discovered gold. [ female announcer ] new roc® retinol correxion max. the power of roc® retinol is intensified with a serum. it's proven to be 4x better at smoothing lines and deep wrinkles than professional treatments. roc® max for maximum results. [ male announcer ] if you have to take care of legal matters. legalzoom has an easy and affordable option. you get quality services on your terms with total customer support backed by a 100% satisfaction guarantee. so go to legalzoom.com today and see for yourself. >>> the weather may actu
wolf blitzer just talked to king abdullah from jordan, and we will get the reaction of what is happen ing happening in the civil war across his borders. >>> and also at this hour london scrambling to figure out the security for the olympics but weather may be the big story. we are seeing torrential rain and worse than in 100 years. >>> and plus sitting on a couch could be as bad as smoking. lack of exercise could be killing you. some countries are fighting back. one big city...
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i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> their voters no candidate can afford to ignore any longer. and both mitt romney and president obama are reaching out to
i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> their voters no candidate can afford to ignore any longer. and both mitt romney and president obama are reaching out to
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i'm wolf blitzer in south carolina. you're in "the situation room." >>> you're looking at live pictures of the debate hall. cnn's southern republican presidential debate is less than three hours away. on the stage tonight four candidates instead of five. this voter showing one podium taken just moments after rick perry dropped out of the race. >> i know when it's time to major a strategic retreat. so i will leave the trail, return home to texas, wind down my 2012 campaign. i will do so with pride, knowing i gave fully of myself of a cause worthy of this country. >>> perry going on to say he's now endorsing newt gingrich, a move which could help the former house speak close that gap with mitt romney, but an explosive cloud of new allegations may stand in the way. joe johns is working his sources, what do you got? >> reporter: the pressure is really on no future gingrich. we saw him in buford, south carolina, look he got some of the very best news and the worst news all at the same time. he had already been surging in the
i'm wolf blitzer in south carolina. you're in "the situation room." >>> you're looking at live pictures of the debate hall. cnn's southern republican presidential debate is less than three hours away. on the stage tonight four candidates instead of five. this voter showing one podium taken just moments after rick perry dropped out of the race. >> i know when it's time to major a strategic retreat. so i will leave the trail, return home to texas, wind down my 2012...
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i'm wolf blitzer. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >> the high-powered campaign surrogate is on the hot seat for going off message after newark's democratic mayor cory booker spoke about the attacks on mitt romney's old firm bane capital. he had to struggle to do damage control and the dust still hasn't settled. let's discuss what's going on with the key adviser of the romney campaign, ed gillespie, former republican of the national committee. thanks very much for coming in. >> thank you for having me, wolf. good to be with you. >> let's talk about what the president specifically said about mitt romney, his experience at bane capital yesterday and then we'll get your reaction. >> my opponent, governor romney, his main calling card for why he thinks he should be president is his business expense. he's not there touting his experience in massachusetts. he's saying i'm a business guy and i'll fix it and this is his business and when you're president as opposed to the h
i'm wolf blitzer. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >> the high-powered campaign surrogate is on the hot seat for going off message after newark's democratic mayor cory booker spoke about the attacks on mitt romney's old firm bane capital. he had to struggle to do damage control and the dust still hasn't settled. let's discuss what's going on with the key adviser of the romney campaign, ed gillespie, former republican of the...
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i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> every minute of every day in tampa has been building up to tonight and in about four hours, mitt romney will accept the republican presidential nomination. we've just received some advance excerpts from what he will say. our national political correspondent jim acosta is on the convention floor. what do you know there, jim. share with the viewers. >> wolf, the romney campaign released excerpts of his speech he will be delivering later when he accepts the gop nomination. a key quote to put on screen if we can do that now, mitt romney is going to say, quote, i wish president obama had succeeded because i want america to succeed, but his promises gave way to disappointment and division, romney will say. this isn't something we have to accept. now is the moment when we can do something, with your help, we will do something. that from mitt romney. i can also tell you from looking at the excerpts, he is not only talking about his father but his mother, sa
i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> every minute of every day in tampa has been building up to tonight and in about four hours, mitt romney will accept the republican presidential nomination. we've just received some advance excerpts from what he will say. our national political correspondent jim acosta is on the convention floor. what do you know there, jim. share with the viewers. >> wolf, the romney campaign released excerpts of his speech he will...
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i'm wolf blitzer. here are some of the stories we're working on for next hour. mitt romney heads to minnesota, home of congresswoman michele bachmann. will she endorse him or someone else? the former presidential candidate will join us live. >>> planned parenthood loses funding, was political pressure a factor? stay tuned for the answer. >>> and a new tape reveals the chaos following the president's death. the gut-wrenching audio is coming up. stay with us. you're in "the situation room." >>> w50e6g9 some breaking news that we're working on. apparently the end of the u.s./nato combat mission in afghanistan, a decade-long war that's cost the u.s. dearly in blood and treasure, now the obama administration making a major decision to step up the end of what's called combat operation in afghanistan. let's go to barbara starr. the u.s. is supposed to have major combat operations in afghanistan through the end of 2014, another three years, but they're no saying it's going to stop a year and a half early. what
i'm wolf blitzer. here are some of the stories we're working on for next hour. mitt romney heads to minnesota, home of congresswoman michele bachmann. will she endorse him or someone else? the former presidential candidate will join us live. >>> planned parenthood loses funding, was political pressure a factor? stay tuned for the answer. >>> and a new tape reveals the chaos following the president's death. the gut-wrenching audio is coming up. stay with us. you're in "the...
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i'm wolf blitzer. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> it could get lonely being the front-runner especially if you're way out front in new hampshire as romney is now. the first in the nation primary is only five days away. that makes him the prime target of his rivals, but they're also squabbling among themselves and while romney can afford to look ahead to south carolina, some candidates can't afford to fall further behind. let's go to john king in new hampshire. john, you're on the scene for us. give us the lay of the land right now. the big picture. what's going on? >> five days out, wolf, you would have to say new hampshire is romney country. just like in iowa, you have the campaigns now gearing up for their final push. we see more lawn signs than we did in iowa, but nowhere near the level of past campaigns. the reason, people here are pretty well considered to believe that romney will win. he won by eight votes in iowa. he's up by 30 points here. 48% for romne
i'm wolf blitzer. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> it could get lonely being the front-runner especially if you're way out front in new hampshire as romney is now. the first in the nation primary is only five days away. that makes him the prime target of his rivals, but they're also squabbling among themselves and while romney can afford to look ahead to south carolina, some candidates can't afford to fall further...
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i'll toss things up to wolf blitzer "the situation room" starts now. >>> brooke, thanks very much. happening now, mitt romney is winning on points, but he can't seem to land a knockout blow, how the front-runner hopes to grind out a final victory and house his rivals hope to stop him. >>> as a top senator calls to stop the slaughter in syria, the pentagon now spelling out of the some of the america's military options. >>> and iran may le trying to clean up evidence of nuclear activities before inspectors can get there. i'm wolf blitzer, you're in "the situation room." >>> mitt romney certainly had big wins on super tuesday. the gop frond runter won six states and padded his lead in delegates, but ohio was very, very close. rick santorum captured three states, while newt gingrich also had a win. romney has not put his rivals out of business, as republicans grow concerned about a drawnout race, the candidates are calling on one another to quit. here's jim acosta. >> reporter: wolf, with team santorum telling newt gingrich to drop out and team romney telling everybody to drop out, it'
i'll toss things up to wolf blitzer "the situation room" starts now. >>> brooke, thanks very much. happening now, mitt romney is winning on points, but he can't seem to land a knockout blow, how the front-runner hopes to grind out a final victory and house his rivals hope to stop him. >>> as a top senator calls to stop the slaughter in syria, the pentagon now spelling out of the some of the america's military options. >>> and iran may le trying to clean up...
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i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> a ruthless seesaw battle for control of one of syria's cities. rebel fighters aren't backing down from government forces even with more than 150 new deaths reported just today. security forces are barrelling through the streets of aleppo while gunships fire from overhead. cnn's ivan watson is inside syria. he'll join us in awe moments. first, we're hearing from the u.s. counterterror chief here in aspen, colorado. and he's raising concerns about the security of syria's chemical weapons stockpile. cnn intelligence correspondent suzanne kelly is covering this. >> spoke on the forum and asked a question about chemical weapons and whether the u.s. knows where the chemical weapons are. there was some concern over the way he answered that question. i think we have that. let's take a listen to that. >> are we able to identify where those weapons are? are they safe? are they secure? are they falling into the wrong hands? it's an important question for us. >
i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> a ruthless seesaw battle for control of one of syria's cities. rebel fighters aren't backing down from government forces even with more than 150 new deaths reported just today. security forces are barrelling through the streets of aleppo while gunships fire from overhead. cnn's ivan watson is inside syria. he'll join us in awe moments. first, we're hearing from the u.s. counterterror chief here in aspen, colorado. and he's...